The House Appropriations Committee is pressing the Pentagon for detailed cost breakdowns, test plans and capability gap assessments for the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, warning that a program of such strategic importance must be funded through the discretionary budget -- where Congress holds maximum oversight leverage. Report language accompanying the committee’s fiscal year 2027 defense appropriations bill, released June 24, directs the Pentagon comptroller to submit a dedicated budget justification volume beginning with the FY-28 budget request and annually...